The year of the Dragon is coming up. Preparations for CNY can be seen at local community centres and shopping complexes. Here's a post of the many things that indicate the lunar new year is coming up
1. Giant caterpillar green dragon going down the road (12 January 2012).
The float headed towards Pekan Ampang, complete with police outriders. There's a group of people with a smaller dragon coiled around a pole supporting a lighted 'pearl'.
2. Temple brightly lit at night. The Ampang Nan Tian Gong lit by red lanterns as well as the lighted pagodas.
Ampang Nan Tian Gong all lit up for the coming Chinese New Year.
3. Shopping complexes with Chinese New Year decoration and activities.
A large dragon at the atrium of Pavillion, KL.
Dragons that 'go through' the walls of Pavillion, KL.
A huge calamansi lime tree at Mid Valley Megamall.
A lion dance troupe getting ready for a performance at the Centre Court of Mid Valley Megamall.
Chinese New Year decoration at Gardens Mall, Mid Valley, KL.
4. Local markets packed with last minute shoppers.
I went to Jelutong Market in Penang on the morning of the 22 January 2012 and found the market was jam-packed with shoppers doing last minute shopping.
Market seller selling pumpkins and calabash gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) as Chinese New Year decorations. Considered auspicious by the local Chinese, the gourds and pumpkin by this seller has been sprayed with something to make it look shiny and plastic-like.
Flowers on sale in buckets.
Decorative red cloth for altar tables and doors.
Various Chinese New Year decorations on sale at Jelutong Market, Penang.
New Year cake - this is something that I have not seen for some time. It is just a butter pound cake with a cherry on top.
Hmm, even the God of Prosperity goes to the market.
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Ahh, a new year...It is now 2012. Stood at a friend's balcony, watching fireworks from Spectrum at Bandar Baru Ampang go off as well as those in the KLCC area. So this post is just pics and a video clip.
Great balls of fire to welcome 2012 at Spectrum in Bandar Baru Ampang.
The countdown event that was going on at Spectrum Shopping Complex included a 'car show' where there were cars dressed with lights, cars with boom boxes blasting away and even one that was showing off the exhaust burns.
The people waiting at the shopping complex for the countdown. We have 'first class seats' at a penthouse balcony thanks to J & A.
The greens, purples and reds. All this time fireworks were going off all around KL.
More balls of fire from Spectrum - green and gold ones. The whole horizon on Cheras side was also lined with fireworks going off. Unfortunately, we were on the KL facing side and so I didn't managed to photograph it.
The last few seconds of the fireworks at KLCC. You can see the smoke from all the fireworks drifting away in the picture.
Here's a compiled clip of the fireworks that went off at Spectrum as a few seconds of those at KLCC/Bukit Bintang area.
